Keyboard recommendations? - Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I've got a htc sensation which I rooted a while back, and have been using virtuous inquisition since then. Since that rom was sense based, I've been using the sense keyboard and liked how i could have it in a phone keypad layout. This one was modded too to have arrows for moving the cursor around which was great since tapping the screen in exactly the right place is a real pain in the arse.
Thing is I've now recently changed to cm10 which isn't sense based, so the sense keyboard has gone. The standard keyboard only has the full keyboard layout, so the buttons are too small for me.
Apparently you can't make the sense keyboard work with it, so I've tried go launcher's keyboard, multilang and a few other free ones, but none of them are perfect. Can anyone recommend a decent keyboard to me which will work as I want?

Perfect keyboard. First app I download when I flash a new rom, highly customizable.

SwiftKey. I believe it's still on sale, but there is a free trial.
Best keyboard ever.
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shadowch31 said:
Perfect keyboard. First app I download when I flash a new rom, highly customizable.
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+1 bought it, very nice, using it without correctionstuff, i´m an oldschoolwriter a lot of customizations as mentioned

Just tried perfect keyboard and yeah it seems nice. I've got my desired layout and cursors, and the dictionary works well enough to be used without fuss. Can I make it so that it doesn't suggest words longer than what I've typed? For example if I type aunt it suggests words more than four letters long, like cumulative. Any way of making it stick to the correct number of letters?

StuartTheFish said:
Just tried perfect keyboard and yeah it seems nice. I've got my desired layout and cursors, and the dictionary works well enough to be used without fuss. Can I make it so that it doesn't suggest words longer than what I've typed? For example if I type aunt it suggests words more than four letters long, like cumulative. Any way of making it stick to the correct number of letters?
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Try the Jellybean keyboard! Awesome predictions plus large buttons and smart typing/press (no typo)
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Are you on about the one that comes with jellybean roms? If so, I've already tried it.

Try A.I. Type Keyboard !!
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StuartTheFish said:
Are you on about the one that comes with jellybean roms? If so, I've already tried it.
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No, its on the PlayStore. There is the a Pro version and free one.
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SwiftKey. I've been using it for a while, and even when I'm not typing English -with English being the only dictionary installed) it still offers me corrections (although they're not automatically selected, which is good).
It literally learns how you type.

Right, I've tried SwiftKey, a.i.type and jellybean keyboards and none of them appear to let me choose the layout that I want.
That perfect keyboard seems alright, but how can I stop it suggesting words longer than what I typed?

StuartTheFish said:
Right, I've tried SwiftKey, a.i.type and jellybean keyboards and none of them appear to let me choose the layout that I want.
That perfect keyboard seems alright, but how can I stop it suggesting words longer than what I typed?
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By contacting the dev and asking him?

Swype and stock have been my go-to keyboards.

shadowch31 said:
By contacting the dev and asking him?
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Does that mean you don't know then?

StuartTheFish said:
Does that mean you don't know then?
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Yes. I have never used predictive text/spelling as I hate it so know naff all about it.
To be honest I think its a crap suggestion because the whole idea of predictive is to help you place long words by only typing a few letters so it will never work the way you want.

For me smart-keyboard is perfect. You can use ready made skins or create your own quite easyly.
sgs - devil 3.1.4 - cm 9.1 - Purple Kush - Tapatalk -- thx2all

Hackers keyboard when not on CM9.

Stock JB Keyboard or Swiftkey 3. ♥

Swift key works great once it learns how u type. Really saves me time.
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The ICS or JB keyboards by johntanmi. There are a lot of languages to chose from.
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[REQ] ASOP Cyanogemod Keyboard

Does anyone have a working keyboard like the one in CM6 for MT4G? I tried installing the one from the nightlies, and it installs fine. However it fc's every time I try to type.
Thanks in advance!
why would u need it? the HTC keyboard that comes with it is better. I didnt like the swype one. So i switched.
Where can you change the keyboard on the phone? My phone is stock.
thank you
Infinite76 said:
why would u need it? the HTC keyboard that comes with it is better. I didnt like the swype one. So i switched.
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I hate swype as well as the touch keyboard. Its all all about personal preference and I prefer the stock 2.2 keyboard
pepsidrinker said:
Where can you change the keyboard on the phone? My phone is stock.
thank you
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hold down when entering text until input method appears and switch in there
I'm going to second this request; I would rather have the stock android keyboard than the HTC touch input. Personal preference.
mark manning said:
hold down when entering text until input method appears and switch in there
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for some odd reason the stock android kb is not included as one of the options...
scoochv said:
I'm going to second this request; I would rather have the stock android keyboard than the HTC touch input. Personal preference.
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if anyone can get the stock 2.2 keyboard ported over and working that would be great!!

Get gingerbread keyboard on galaxy s II

I just got my galaxy s 2 today n beim using it fr a few hours. Came from the nexus one n im missing pure android feel to apps.
I also cant seem to figure out how to get the dictionary working on the samsung keyboard or swype n i seem to miss the old keyboard layout too.
Is it just a simple case of finding the apk n installing it?
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Gingerbread keyboard:
Search for "Keyboard from Android 2.3" in the Market.
is it reliable though? do you know from where i can get the actual one?the official one?
Sorry can't test it, my S2 is still on its way :-(
But I read about it and afaik it's ok.
I don't know if there is an "official" gingerbread keyboard for the S2, I think the one in the market is the best you can get.
Don't sue me if it's not true - This is just based on my little research
I have the CM7 keyboard as I much prefer it thanks to the long press delay option that the normal 2.3 KB does not have.
Just pull the apk from the CM7 ROM zip and install using the SGS file manager, simples
robbiekhan said:
I have the CM7 keyboard as I much prefer it thanks to the long press delay option that the normal 2.3 KB does not have.
Just pull the apk from the CM7 ROM zip and install using the SGS file manager, simples
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even i was thinking of doing that...where do you find the keyboard apk?or is named just that? and is it ok if i just take it from my nexus one ROM?
i cant wait for CM to come up with a SGS2 ROM if they can..i miss the pure google interface..
It's in system/app/LatinIME.apk
robbiekhan said:
It's in system/app/LatinIME.apk
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found it..but ended up using the Keyboard for Android 2.3 from the market because the keys in that are bigger!
Do you find that you don't get the dictionary come up in the email program though? It works in Handcent SMS, but not in email for me... (when using the market GB Keyboard I mean)
yohanevindra said:
is it reliable though? do you know from where i can get the actual one?the official one?
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Hi
I don't think it is an official version rather it should be a mod version. I am using it for the last one week from the time i had S II and it works fine for me.
robbiekhan said:
I have the CM7 keyboard as I much prefer it thanks to the long press delay option that the normal 2.3 KB does not have.
Just pull the apk from the CM7 ROM zip and install using the SGS file manager, simples
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I installed the CM7 KB but I can't get the haptic feedback to work.
How did you manage this?
when i installed the CM7 keyboard, when i switch to landscape it cuts off the area where you would normally see the typed words, this is not good.
any way to shrink down the size, or get rid of the line with the extra characters?

[APK] ICS Keyboard *no root required*

Ice Cream Sandwich Keyboard APK ported by for.digit
Dictionaries:
English
Spanish
Italian
French
German
Original Thread Here
Market link here
Works good and looks good on my stock Flyer. Screenshots attached.
This will complete my ICS look on my Flyer, thanks for the heads up
VDub2174 said:
This will complete my ICS look on my Flyer, thanks for the heads up
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Sounds cool. Have you posted any screens in the "Screenshots and Setup Share" thread?
alxrock said:
Sounds cool. Have you posted any screens in the "Screenshots and Setup Share" thread?
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Just did
Any chance you could attach the apk? It wont install to my Flyer HC via Market..
adaimespechip said:
Any chance you could attach the apk? It wont install to my Flyer HC via Market..
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Just search
Ice cream sandwichkeyboard on market. Binary bulge has an apk out there for free that you can install. To be honest not worth using imo
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Thank you, this is my review in my blog about Android applications, Androida.it, that's first in my country:
//www.androida.it/ice-cream-sandwich-keyboard-applicazione-android-della-tastiera-di-android-4-ics/
(add http: I can't send link for low message numbers)
Do support this keyboard arabic or persian?
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Is this compatible with htc pico? thanks!
just FYI
Just in case people are missing ICS like keyboard,
tryout THUMB Keyboard https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.beansoft.keyboardplus&hl=en (i think has a trial too)
Paid but a FANTASTIC split keyboard with very flexible customizable options &themes:good:
Split thing works very good in landscape mode(esp. when you don't have very long thumbs)
P.S.just in case, i am in no way affiliated to them.
It looks good. will try it.
thank you ,i love it :good:
ICS keyboard for flyer-Does it support SWYPE
alxrock said:
Ice Cream Sandwich Keyboard APK ported by for.digit
Dictionaries:
English
Spanish
Italian
French
German
Original Thread Here
Market link here
Works good and looks good on my stock Flyer. Screenshots attached.
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I used both ICS and JB keyboards but none supports swype typing on HTC flyer the way stock keyboard does. Further, funnily none keyboard provides number key line on top of regular text keys hence ICS/JB keyboards were useless without these two features. Why cannot these developers create option to use 7 inch screen to fullest by adding one more line so that users dont need to keep shifting for typing numbers.
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hunky007 said:
I used both ICS and JB keyboards but none supports swype typing on HTC flyer the way stock keyboard does. Further, funnily none keyboard provides number key line on top of regular text keys hence ICS/JB keyboards were useless without these two features. Why cannot these developers create option to use 7 inch screen to fullest by adding one more line so that users dont need to keep shifting for typing numbers.
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[Q] any t9 mods for keypads in jellybam

Currently I'm running the jellybam rom and was wondering if there were any mods or apps or options I'm missing to change the qwerty keypad in portrait to a t9 style keypad like in sense roms. I've noticed most senseless roms are missing this option and I'm old school and prefer the t9 myself. any help is appreciated thanks
markb629 said:
Currently I'm running the jellybam rom and was wondering if there were any mods or apps or options I'm missing to change the qwerty keypad in portrait to a t9 style keypad like in sense roms. I've noticed most senseless roms are missing this option and I'm old school and prefer the t9 myself. any help is appreciated thanks
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Old school indeed holy sheet of paper. Maybe you should search t9 in play store found a keyboard there just fine. Perfect keyboard free.
kaisies said:
Old school indeed holy sheet of paper. Maybe you should search t9 in play store found a keyboard there just fine. Perfect keyboard free.
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thanks I'll check it out must of missed it....
Its just what I'm used too since the flip phone days and after them I've always had HTC devices so its always been an option in sense and I've just contnued on using it never liked the qwerty keypad in portrait pain in the a** don't even like it that much in landscape for that matter....with t9 I can type without looking for the most part lol......thanks again

[Q] [REQ] AOSP/AOKP 4.2.2 Keyboard for 4.12 ROM (Please bear with me here...)

I know that this looks like it has been asked a dozen times, but I assure you that I have looked high and low and have installed literally 10 or so keyboards trying to compare features.
Here's what I am looking for (if it's possible):
Looking for a port of the keyboard that comes with AOKP 4.2.2 Milestone 1 or later. I know that there are tons of Jellybean keyboards out there and they even have gesture typing, but the one that comes with AOKP has the long press alternate keys exactly where I want them as well as the right selection.
I have tried the Google Keyboard from the Play Store and it doesn't have the long press alternates (aside for a select few that aren't labled).
Does anyone know how I can get this keyboard to work on my Note II? I have even gone so far as to extract it from an AOKP ROM and it loads fine, however the gesture typing does not work (just shows the gesture trail but doesn't type anything)
Is this at all possible? Can anyone help?
Thanks in advance!
eric2112 said:
I know that this looks like it has been asked a dozen times, but I assure you that I have looked high and low and have installed literally 10 or so keyboards trying to compare features.
Here's what I am looking for (if it's possible):
Looking for a port of the keyboard that comes with AOKP 4.2.2 Milestone 1 or later. I know that there are tons of Jellybean keyboards out there and they even have gesture typing, but the one that comes with AOKP has the long press alternate keys exactly where I want them as well as the right selection.
I have tried the Google Keyboard from the Play Store and it doesn't have the long press alternates (aside for a select few that aren't labled).
Does anyone know how I can get this keyboard to work on my Note II? I have even gone so far as to extract it from an AOKP ROM and it loads fine, however the gesture typing does not work (just shows the gesture trail but doesn't type anything)
Is this at all possible? Can anyone help?
Thanks in advance!
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If AOKP is like the other AOSP Roms then the keyboard is the Google keyboard, unless they are using the older AOSP keyboard which is the same thing with a different name. AOKP may just use a different one but I doubt that.
Have you tweaked with the settings in the keyboard once installed to make sure the gesture trail is turned on?
You might get more help in the Themes section seeing how they deal with a lot of keyboards and mods for keyboards.
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shangrila500 said:
If AOKP is like the other AOSP Roms then the keyboard is the Google keyboard, unless they are using the older AOSP keyboard which is the same thing with a different name. AOKP may just use a different one but I doubt that.
Have you tweaked with the settings in the keyboard once installed to make sure the gesture trail is turned on?
You might get more help in the Themes section seeing how they deal with a lot of keyboards and mods for keyboards.
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I tried everything. Gesture trail is turned on. The keyboard version is 4.2.2. Not really sure what else to do. Seems like maybe a lib file is missing or something.
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